A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to penalize the use of a cutting or stabbing weapon in the commission of a felony, and to increase the penalties for the use of firearms in the commission of a felony.

Summary

Requires that whoever uses or carries a firearm, or a cutting or stabbing weapon, during the commission of a Federal felony, in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of such crime, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than two years nor more than ten years. Requires in the case of a second or subsequent conviction the imposition of a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than twenty-five years. Stipulates that the execution or imposition of any term of imprisonment under this Act (1) may not be suspended; (2) may not include probation; and (3) may not run concurrently.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 January 1977

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